Red Cross Drive Seeks Funds For Potter County Chapter
A head of a volunteer team led by Jim Hudson will raise the required 49 251 dollars for the Potter County Red Cross chapter next fiscal year. In March, designated Red Cross Month by Mayor Gene Klein, volunteers will collect from commercial and residential areas to meet increased postwar needs and activities.
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Red Cross
Jim Hudson
Amarillo
Potter County
Hudson
Gene Klein
Pacific Greyhound Bus Drivers Strike
Pacific Greyhound drivers and station workers in seven Western states walked off the job after 3,600 employees demanded higher wages. The strike halted service largely in the San Francisco Bay area, with other states less affected and El Paso seeing 70 on strike.
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San Francisco
Pacific Greyhound
AFL Motor Coach Employee Union
Greyhound
San Francisco Bay
California
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
New Mexico
Utah
Texas
el Paso
Southwestern Greyhound
Seek Amendment To Civil Service Act For Fire Men
City Atty Ben Manning and City Personnel Director Clif ford Davis push a proposed amendment to the Firemen’s and Police Men’s Civil Service Act to allow older men to be hired as temporary firefighters and policemen during emergencies when younger workers are scarce. Temporary hires would lack permanent status and pension eligibility, and could not be promoted if permanent staff are available. The change aims to ease manpower shortages tied to defense activities.
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Ben Manning
Clifford Davis
Firemen’s and Policemen’s
Ten Amarillo Boys Visit Texas A&M Campus
Ten Amarillo High School boys will tour the Texas A&M College campus during Visitation Day on Saturday. They will see intramural sports, tour facilities, and attend a campus dance as guests. The Amarillo Texas A&M Alumni Association sponsors. Attending are E. G. Sanders Jerry Ramsey Eddie Elliott Carroll Forrester Howard Childers Chuck Newman Doc Williams Jerrell Mulkey.
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Texas A&m College
Amarillo High School
Texas A&m Alumni Association of
Amarillo
E. G. Sanders
Jerry Ramsey
Eddie Elliott
Carroll Forrester
Howard Childers
Chuck Newman
Doc Williams
Jerrell Mulkey
Deadline Near In City Race
Deadline for filing as candidates for city office is 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Only candidates who have filed are Mayor Gene Klein and Commissioners Loren W. Young and Curtis, all asking re elect.
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Gene Klein
Loren W. Young
S&s
Rites Tomorrow For W. R. Hunter
William Robert Hunter 64 dies at home in Amarillo after long illness. Funeral set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel with Rev. Earl W. Hatchett officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Survived by wife Edith, five sons Roy Arley Farr Robert Frank, all of Amarillo, two daughters Pauline Hollis and Dorothy Hunter, a brother Jim Hunter of Eufaula Oklahoma, and a sister Sara Tower of Henryetta Oklahoma. Born January 8 1887 in Paris. A Baptist.
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William Robert Hunter
Blackburn-Shaw Memorial Chapel
Eearl W. Hatchett
Pierce Street
Memorial Park Cemetery
Mr. Hunter
North Grant
Paris
Amarillo
The
Baptist Church
Fdith Hunter
Roy
Arley
Farr
Robert
Frank
Pauline Hollis
Dorothy Hunter
Jim Hunter
Eufaula
Okla
Sara Tower
Henryetta
Clothing Destroyed In Closet Blaze At Clarke Home
A fire last night at 1014 Bonham destroyed clothing stored in a back bedroom closet. The blaze began about 6 45 oclock and firemen quickly gained control, with the origin still undetermined.
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A. J. Clarke
Bonham
Victoria Cross recovered from Bel fast pawn shop
A Victoria Cross won by a private in the 1879 Zulu War has been recovered from a pawn shop in Bel fast, Northern Ireland. Local authorities are tracing ownership and reviewing security footage as they investigate how the medal came to be sold.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Red Accent on Big Bombers
The Russians lag in long-range warfare and seek to buy time to build strategic air power, Aviation Week reports. The Soviet air force is just starting a long-range bomber fleet and cannot match the United States Air Force B 36 intercontinental bomber in size or performance.
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New York
U.P
United States
Aviation Week
A Big Day in Vatican City
Vatican City marked a double papal anniversary as banners flew in gold and white for Pope Pius XII to honor his 75th birthday and the 12th anniversary of his election as the 261st pope.
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Vatican City
Vatican State
Pius XII
Kirkpatrick Joins City Department
Kirkpatrick of Green Acres has joined the city department as assistant city engineer. He is a University of Colorado graduate and formerly worked for Armco Metal Products Co. He served in the Army from 1945 to 1947.
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Howard On. Kirkpatrick
Green Acres
Mr. Kirkpatrick
University of Colorado
Armco Metal Products Co
Judges Revoke Suspended Sentences in Local Court
In 47th District Court Judge Henry 8oe revoked suspended sentences for Billy Charles Lester of Albuquerque and Don Russell of Amarillo. Lester lost a two year suspended term tied to a worthless check case, while Russell saw a five year suspended sentence revoked for a burglary conviction. Both revocations stem from passing bad checks. A ruling on revoking Jack Smith’s suspended sentence was postponed pending California felony to misdemeanor status information.
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Henry 8Oe
Billy Charles Lester
Albuquerque
Don Russell
Amarillo
47Th District Court
Lester
Russell
Jack Smith
California Ases
Pleads Not Guilty To Check Charge In Potter County
W L Jarman of Oklahoma City faced three counts of issuing worthless checks in Potter County Court this morning pleading not guilty. Bond set at 500 dollars on each charge totaling 1 500. checks involved 28, 22 50 and 8 75 dollars for fishing tackle at Tom Roy Gun and Key Shop and Hatcher Drug Store on Feb 15 18.
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W. L. Jarman
Oklahoma City
Potter County
Jarman
Tom & Roy Gun and Key
Hatcher Drug
Mrs Ada Rhea Dies in Dallas
Mrs Ada Rhea of Dallas mother of W Leslie Rhea 1307 West Twentieth died this morning at 2 o clock in a Dallas hospital She was 78 Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock at the Weiland Merritt Funeral Home in Dallas
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Ada Rhea
Dallas
W. Leslie Rhea
West Twentieth
Rhea
Weiland- Merritt
Waffles Made Lighter With New Apple Syrup Process
Apple syrup for table use is being developed at the Federal Experimental Station in Kentville Nova Scotia. The syrup in its present form is rich and heavy with a sweet tang of apples.
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Kentville
Federal Experimental Station
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KCKS
VarepoRus
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City Department
Capitol Theater
Mission Jewelry
Albert Meyer
Polk
Capitol
Nancy
Taylor Phowe
Clyde Crump
Frontier Shop
Myrl Crump
Polk Street
Baseball Club
Amarillo, Texas
Globe-News
Optometrist
Prescription
Lewis
Fed, Tax Inc
Cooking
Ruth Knight
Ruth D. Knight
Ohio State University
Columbus
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